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Halloween Invitation Reveal: Creature Survival Kit

Thursday, October 22, 2009

With Halloween just a little more than a week away, its time to (finally!) reveal the Halloween invitations. Sorry for keeping this under wraps for so long - I hope I haven't raised the bar too high.

Exterior box. I wrote in the guest's addresses inside the oval.

A little backstory: My original idea was to put the invite on a full size wooden stake (the vampire slaying kind) using the same method I used for the bachelor baseball game invitations. My problem was I wasn't quite sure how to mail those. So I raised the problem to Mr. Limestone and he came up with the idea of making a mini survival Halloween kit complete with silver bullet and holy water. My love of boxed invitations is well known so it should come as no surprise as I loved that idea and got to work on all the particulars.

I'll admit that this invite was quite a lot of work for something that is essentially completely unnecessary. But I just love getting little parcels in the mail (don't you?) so I thought this would be a great way to celebrate Halloween. If there is ever a time to be cheesey and frivolous, Halloween is it. My guest list is pretty small so I didn't have to make too many of them which made the job a lot easier.

Inside the box, a tiny booklet is tied down with some black grosgrain ribbon.

Untie the bow to release the booklet. The cover, meant to mimic the look of an old book, reads:All Hallow's EveCreature Survival KitNon Timbo Mala(latin, loosely translated to mean : FEAR NO EVIL)

Turning the page, the invitation itself is revealed. Clever verse penned by none other than Mr. Limestone. It reads:May the contents of this parcelbe your blessed charmagainst the beasts of the nightawaiting to do you harm.May your journey be ordinaryIf you decide to leaveto join us in celebration onAll Hallow's Eve.

I'm picking myself up off the floor because I think I fainted...at the amount of work that must have gone into these and at how clever they are!!! Fantastic. What a great spin to take...congrats to Mr. Limestone for the idea and the poem. Its elegant and fun and whimsical and classic all at the same time!! Your party is gonna rock, have fun!

you outdid yourself! so coool!!! i have the same question as vanessa....how did you keep them from shifting when you mailed them. did you glue them down??? hope you had a fabulous time on your trip. anxious to see more pics. xo

These are absolutely incredible. I can't imagine how you made these, I have so many questions. How did you print on cardboard boxes, what kind of printing did you use for the books, where did you get all these things, how did you ship water and glass? Hope I'm not asking you to give away any closely guarded secrets. A behind the scenes post on this has my vote too. You are one talented lady. And Mr. L is such a poet.

OH MY GOSH...that is just too awesome! You're a girl after my own heart and totally get into Halloween as much as I "usually" do! This year my 2 yr. olds' events have taken over. Wish I could be at your party!!!

A beautiful Halloween card is present here. This is nice post that it will giving nice tutorial on this card to how to make it. Best tutorial, an easy to make this card. A black color is giving feeling that this is an Halloween card.

Making Halloween invitation, I always do it together with my family. We always share our idea about the theme we would make for the invitation. Invitation above can be my inspiration to make my next Halloween invitation card.

I too have a problem with Halloween. It is and has always been my favorite holiday. I have a party each year and turn my home into a "haunted house''. I love your idea for the Halloween Survival Kit!! I would love to borrow your idea. Any tips that you could give me on recreating it would be greatly appreciated. I purchased a magazine on Halloween a few weeks ago and was thrilled to see you in it. Fantastic article.